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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (5925)	2/5/1999 8:33:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) of 14778

From ZPs method....I would keep DI clones of w98 on the primary NT drive in a fat partition. If the intent is to be able to restore the KOT Win98 installation from a boot from IDE1 and from files resident on IDE1 .. then keeping DI Images in a FAT partition at the end of IDE1 is not sufficient (based on my current understanding which is currently in a state of flux<g>..)If you are into floppy boots it can be done. Drive Image is not an NT executable. You will have to boot Drive Image from a floppy or other in order to restore a Drive Image from the FAT partition at the end of IDE1 to IDE2. The only way I know to accomplish the task solely from an NT (IDE1) drive boot is to use Partition Magic. PM 4.0 is an NT executable. If you clone the Win98 partition you can clone it back from an NT boot as needed. A Partition Magic clone is different than a Drive Image clone. Drive Image creates a file that is used to restore an OS. With Partition Magic you can clone a partition and end up with another identical working partition. This identical working partition is bootable... A Drive Image 'clone' is not bootable until it is restored. My proposal (well, one of my proposals<g>) was to use Partition Magic to clone Win98 to the tail end of IDE1 and then hide the partition. I no longer believe it is necessary to hide the partition ( unless for some reason it will dual boot...Spots indicated NT will dual boot if there are two OSes on the same drive...need clarification here) If it does cause a dual boot in NT I would recommend hiding it. If it does not cause a dual boot I have mixed feelings. The issue of changing drive letters has disappeared for me. In my own systems I plan on using one C drive for OS and apps. The boot partition will be the C drive and apps will not span to other drives. Primaries will be thought of as stand alone entities..ie can be deleted, changed, backed up, restored without having an affect on another drive..physical or primary partition. Zeuspaul

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